Meet the Press
Sen. James Lankford, Rep. Ro Khanna, Hoda Kotb, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis
Season 2025, Episode 34 · Aired 2025-08-31
Synopsis
In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) says "the Federal Reserve is at its best when it's independent" but "they're not independent of the entire American people," adding that President Trump has a role to play in engaging with the economy. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said that Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook should release her mortgage documents but accused President Donald Trump of "following Richard Nixon's playbook to interfere with" the Federal Reserve. Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, the former director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss why he resigned from the agency and the future health policies under the Trump administration. Former "Today" co-anchor Hoda Kotb joins Kristen Welker for a Meet the Moment conversation about landing her dream job later in life and adopting children in her fifties.
In the series
This episode is part of Meet the Press (1947–present) on NBC.
The longest-running show in television history — Sunday panel combat as civic ritual.
Key cast
- Lawrence E. Spivak as Panelist / moderator
- Martha Rountree as Creator / moderator
- Ned Brooks as Moderator
Also in season 2025
- S2025E01 Jan 5 — Sen. Chuck Schumer; Sen. John Thune; Sen. Adam Schiff
- S2025E02 Jan 12 — Sen. Alex Padilla; Sen. James Lankford; Amanda Gorman
- S2025E03 Jan 19 - Rep. Mike Johnson, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Martin Luther King III
- S2025E04 Jan 26 - Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Adam Schiff
- S2025E05 Feb 2 - Sec. Kristi Noem, Sen. Eric Schmitt, Sen. Mark Kelly
- S2025E06 Feb. 9 – NSA Mike Waltz, Sen. Andy Kim and Amanda Gorman